john mccain urged the governor to veto it and former secretary of state hillary clinton talking to students at the university of miami. >> thankfully the governor of arizona has vetoed the discriminatory legislation that was pass ed, recognizing that inclusive leadership is really what the 21st century is all about. >> and the cheers also from demonstrators following the governor's decision, that happened outside the courthouse. nbc's jay gray reports more for us now. >> reporter: after six days of protest outside the arizona state house, with the stroke of a pen, governor jan brewer changed the chants to cheers. vetoing senate bill 1062, controversial religious freedom legislation that opponents call a thinly veiled measure allowing businesses to refuse services to gay and lesbian customers or anyone else for that matter. >> i sincerely believe that senate bill 1062 has the potential to create more problems than it purports to solve. i could divide arizona in i was it could not even imagine and no one would ever want. >> reporter: the center for arizona policy, the group that wrote the leg